A Musical Journey: Italy - A Musical Tour of Tuscany, Umbria and Rome

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A Musical Journey: Italy - A Musical Tour of Tuscany, Umbria and Rome
Various performers from the vast Naxos catalogue

[ NAXOS MUSICAL JOURNEYS / DVD ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 April 2012

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

The Places
Our tour of Italy starts in the countryside near Orvieto, moves to the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, then to Montalcino and its ancient abbey. We see the Tuscan landscape around Montepulciano, glimpse Siena and finally see something of the historic buildings of Florence.

The Music
As part of his Grand Tour of Europe, the young Felix Mendelssohn visited Italy in the autumn of 1830 and it was there that he began his Italian Symphony, completed in 1833 in Berlin and first performed in that year in London. His Violin Concerto in E minor was completed in 1844 and remains an essential element in any violinist's solo repertoire.